On Mozart (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

Book Overview

On Mozart is an attempt to suggest how much more complicated a figure Mozart was than popular legends and media portrayals would have us believe. He was certainly a genius--in that, the legends are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521476615
• ISBN13: 9780521476614
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Superb book debunking many Mozart myths.

This wonderful book consists of a series of essays by noted scholars. However, the book is very readable for a layperson. It debunks such myths as: 1) Mozart worked everyhing out in his head, and just had to find the time to write it down. Wrong. 2) Mozart never had much money. Totally wrong. 3) Only his widow and one or two others accompanied his casket to the cemetary. True, but the book explains why that happened. Many other essays in here, and all wonderfully written. A great book.